The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-10-30
rnAsSDrss or xrxeAnA.
The Destruction or Charles Addingten and
Eva De Forest In 1883, and OF an Uns
known Men In 1eGA-nistressinG Scenes.

Niagara Falls" said q middle aged passenger
on Pennsylvania railroad train from Phlla-
delphia yesterday, "and II you read In the
papers In day or so that somo person, known
or unknown, has boon carried over the Falls.
you may be surc that have reached my des-
tination. No, 1t won't he me-not II can help
1t. But have mover boen to Niagara yet that
some ono did not so ovor tho falls, either in
tentionsly or accidentally, and nothing but
positive and important business engagement.
such as compes me to 10 there now. could
induce mo to visit the spot which is associated
In my mind with three terrible tragedies.
l was horrihsd spectator OF two most
heart-ronding Niagara tragedies and on my
third visit to the Falls the other was enacted.
/ have been for six weeks trying to avoid this
fourth trip, for my recollections Of Niagara nre
sufficiently unpleasant without having fourth
s pss 70 NsGara Was in the summer
OF 1883, and had been there not more thln
an hour whom witnessed the ag S scene seem,
ss ss dashed sSss ~. as rh sop o aSa.
eIe WV Eva ps foHrss The Hddinssons and
YSn S1 g Ss AdS 8. ec wss Eng dss t
Ada and her little sister EyH; On; young uE
ISLAND and nI little Eva having strayed away
h S n her her nn Shs sc fsf hor Gas
Sn tho shore, looking at the swift wntesr.
arsspsa tne child anasr te anG life
ing l,er up. held her out. over tho wGtSr; She
fn te thy h rrar ASdasn @ ~
caught her before ,sho lad been carried into
tho swift water He sneceed l aiter desPe r.
the shore to throw tho child up on the bank:
She had not sufficient strength to hold on until
SAFE t place. blaze, and fsil baci into the current Hd
dington again seized her. but he was too much
to ak wer %sy rapids
and Disappeared together over the falls: Twas
on Goat island and say the whole occurrence
early next morning walked over. 70 Goat
R sanG w and sSSad aeT nS onsne
to an old, tree trunk that had lodged ct some
time in the current between the small islands p
fore could give the alarm the mnu had boen
discovered BY others and the news spread rap.
IN Ss pco sno We
1t was supposed that he had boen rowing across
the river somewhere above. the night before.
down into tho rapids. and tho boat striking
the tree trunk. he had by some miracle gained
"Is soon ne possible after the discovery Of
the man was made word was telegraphed TO
buffalo, and party Of ife savers came or o.,
Before 10 o'clock thousands Of persons were
gathered at every available spot whore g sight
railroads ran special trains. aud people came
in conveyances OF all kinds from tho surround
Ing country y No one Sc seemsd e rst TO khHM
was made-how anxiously he watched may be
him hear anything that might be shouted to
him, and there was no way, to give him any dt;
e ca6le and et 0 down oSi the rapids
were tied to it, BY which it was directed toward
plan Was we'll calculated and the boat made
directly for the spot whore the man was hang;
bcsaa to tha in few
the poor man would be safely drawn ashore.
The boat was BY swirl Of the
lash, and was carried over the Falls.
ehowsa The % sst IL NO
hope for the man i1 that plan: Several others
nn IN he q
in readiness, In all those long hours Of sus-
don't tese Of tho
Bile scene Of, a fellow being hanging on the
cess es r fsiiaro Of the sorts that wers being
made to rescue him. The plan adopted was TO
ssa.s sa ssnsS rs e ss
island, and Jet 1t Il belly down with the
f was 50 h eas thu raft b reashs
sSsa E Ss sdG Sos .sns S% %bS
small island his rescue would be- easy, Some
food and glass OF brandy were loated on the
the man as to what was to be done and what
he must DO The raft moved down and reached ea,
the tree trunk IN safety. AS the man an dropPedd
strqeiions, and then eagerly seized tho brandy
thousands Of people who had watched the pro-
ceedings with boating hearts and bHted breath
Sbovs the arr1 Poar Of sS =
island. u%vsrytRins seemed working to a
ss ReGe Eers sobd5nE side
as II was. beneath the water, caught on some
obstruction. All efforts to loosen 1t were un-
avaiiing. One "a roan Of agony arose from the
ton. It was now near, sunset. The man on
his security against the possibility Of his being
washed on By the current: and Joined his g.
his hours ours q suspense n sHddenis he kneoied
on the raft, over which the water was
"' moment. as II ff in prayer. Then Then he he
sprang into tho ranging current and pulled
feet away: At Grst he gained .yisibIy against
surely save himself found utteranee in n another
he was almost within reach OF the shoro his
strength began Gs'n TO fail The space between
every one knew that all hope was gone; He
wild waters seized him. and pitching and toss
ing and whirlin2 him, hurried him to tho brink
q the great CATARACT; Whom he reached
upward from the wat0r until his whole
length came into view. ,standipg, upright.
voluntary leap over the preciDice,, While he
sound was uttered by one in that vast crowd Of
horror-stricken spectators. and. terrible as
was the scene. not an eye was turned away
from him a. he was carried along to his do
structlon. The moment he disappeared In the
face OF the cataract one henrtrendlng shrek
went up from tho crowd, and, the awful fasci-
nation 2t the gcone being broken, The spoctG-
suer, The poor victims body was never found
nor his identity ever established. As on my
previous visit to the Falls the PLACE had no
lonEer any attraction for INC. and the first
In tho ,snring, OF 1854 twenty years aftor
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